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Recent Examples of firing squad
On this day in 1945: U.S. Army Pvt. Eddie Slovik was executed by a firing squad for desertion, the first American soldier since the Civil War to be executed in such a manner and the only soldier in World War II to receive such a punishment.
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Arizona Republic, AZCentral.com, 30 Jan. 2026
Questions have also surfaced as states adopt execution methods like nitrogen gas and firing squads.
—Katie Moore, Kansas City Star, 8 Jan. 2026
He was sentenced to die by firing squad for his conviction in the abduction and killing of Maurine Hunsaker, a 26-year-old mother of three, near Salt Lake City in 1986.
—Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 29 Nov. 2025
She was sentenced to die by firing squad and Indonesia’s highest court upheld it in 2013.
—CNN Money, 22 Oct. 2025
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Arizona Republic, AZCentral.com, 30 Jan. 2026
Questions have also surfaced as states adopt execution methods like nitrogen gas and firing squads.
—Katie Moore, Kansas City Star, 8 Jan. 2026
He was sentenced to die by firing squad for his conviction in the abduction and killing of Maurine Hunsaker, a 26-year-old mother of three, near Salt Lake City in 1986.
—Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 29 Nov. 2025
She was sentenced to die by firing squad and Indonesia’s highest court upheld it in 2013.
—CNN Money, 22 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for firing squad
Noun
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The north was expected to be America’s rear guard, a place where values like democracy and women’s rights might have taken hold.—
Azam Ahmed,
New York Times,
24 Dec. 2024
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And assassins from a coalition of all the local indigenous tribes — out for blood over the murder of Jimmy the Creek, one of their own, last episode — slit the throats of Ming’s rear guard.—
Sean T. Collins,
Vulture,
10 Nov. 2024
Noun
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Multiple patrol units surrounded the home as officers taped off the area and began canvassing the neighborhood.—
Giles Hudson,
CBS News,
9 Apr. 2026
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In the case in Alabama, a driver was trying to elude the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency's highway patrol on a rural road in southeast Alabama's Pike County when the crash occurred late Friday night, agency spokeswoman Amanda Wasden said in an email Sunday.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
5 Apr. 2026
Noun
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But people managed to hold small pickets in a few cities.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
9 Apr. 2026
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People spanning the width of the streets are passionately chanting and hoisting their picket signs in a patriotic parade, of sorts.—
Jenna Ebbers,
Kansas City Star,
28 Mar. 2026
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The decision to legalize the outposts, made in a security cabinet meeting on March 25, comes amid a surge in settler violence towards Palestinians since the beginning of the Iran war.—
Tal Shalev,
CNN Money,
9 Apr. 2026
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Onabanjo also has familiarity with the Walther Collection, having previously served as the director of exhibitions and collections for the collection’s New York outpost.—
Maximilíano Durón,
ARTnews.com,
9 Apr. 2026
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But a Marine sentry was spotted outside the West Wing most of the day Saturday, usually a sign the president is at work.—
James LaPorta,
CBS News,
5 Apr. 2026
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The soldiers would have stayed as sentries before and after the performance, symbolically guarding the legacy of Taiwan’s founder.—
Timothy Nerozzi,
The Washington Examiner,
13 Mar. 2026
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Horner, wearing his FedEx shirt and with his hands cuffed behind his back, watches as investigators search the thick bamboo, finding nothing.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
9 Apr. 2026
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While undoubtedly a difficult watch, Boy Erased is ultimately a story of resilience, with an achingly vulnerable performance by Hedges.—
Kevin Jacobsen,
Entertainment Weekly,
9 Apr. 2026
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“Firing squad.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/firing%20squad. Accessed 11 Apr. 2026.
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